id:			110796
accession number:	1929.326
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.326
updated:		2025-03-25 11:13:43.914000

Basket, by 1928. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker. Plant fibers and dye; overall: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); diameter of top: 31.6 cm (12 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House, 1929.326

title:				Basket
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creation date:			by 1928
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1928
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creditline:			Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker
technique:	Plant fibers and dye
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Vessels
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measurements: Overall: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Diameter of top: 31.6 cm (12 7/16 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Purchased by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Ekibondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (then-Belgian Congo)
	date: 1928
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			* <div><!--block-->Boger, Ann C. et al. <em>Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928</em>. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. PP. 32–33, 47</div>
			
			
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	The African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players
	date: 1928
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			* <div><!--block-->12/3/1928 letter to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History from Hazel Mountain Walker (Gilpin Players, president) and Harry E. Davis (African Art Sponsors, president) reproduced on p. 54 of Adams, Henry et al. <em>Paul Travis 1891-1975</em>. Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2001.</div>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 1929–
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CITATIONS

	Boger, Ann C. et al. Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. p. 32.
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